22nd January: Pursuing American soldiers badly beat Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife and his people as they make a desperate bid for freedom. In doing so, the soldiers effectively crushed the so-called Dull Knife Outbreak. (Custer of the West)

Edgar Rice Burroughs hears that his uncle John Carter has died and inherits his estate, where he reads the manuscript of his adventure on Barsoom. A Thern follows him but is killed by John Carter, who gets back the medallion and returns to Barsoom. (John Carter)

August: The defeated King of the Zulus, Cetshwayo, meets Queen Victoria in order to get his kingdom back. (England - Shaka Zulu)

2nd August: Jennet Humphrye gives birth to Nathaniel, who will later be adopted by his aunt Alice Drablow since his mother is suspected to be mentally unstable. (Crythin Gifford, England - The Woman in Black)

3rd September: Jolyen Forsyte throws a dance to announce the engagement of his granddaughter June to struggling architect, Philip Bosinney. Jolyen Forsyte II, June's father and a family outcast, spends the evening at a nearby corner pub. (London, England - The Forsyte Saga)